Letter to My Freshman Self: 5 Tips for Incoming Freshmen
Dear Freshman Me: It has been more than 10 years since I was a freshman in university so when someone asked me what advice I would give to someone going […]
Tag Archives: Slice of Life
Carnival at Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Mojitos, pina coladas, dreamy pools, and throbbing salsa music; this is what I think of when I imagine an all-inclusive hotel in Venezuela. While the pool was pretty nice at […]
Slice of Life: St. Patrick’s Day in Venezuela
Today has been crazy busy! I blame the month of March since it is report card/end of quarter/end of unit time. But, on top of that, I found out today […]
The Thrill of New Discovery
It is so funny how you can visit the same places again and again and not notice certain places. Yesterday my friends and I went to a local burger place […]
A Visit to the Podiatrist in Venezuela
Waiting. If you ever come to Venezuela you must become an expert at waiting. Mostly you wait in lines at grocery stores or lines to get gasoline, but heaven forbid […]
Packing for Cuba
I’ve been blogging about Cuba because the three weeks I spent there were so different from everything else I’ve experienced. Somehow Cuba manages to be unlike any of the 32 […]
On The Hunt
I started my hunt by asking for advice from the locals. Where might I find the best ones? Where had they seen anything that might be similar? Where should I […]
When it Sucks to Be Single in Venezuela
This evening there is a salsa social here in Valencia! Salsa socials are great because they are organized by the dance academies and they are attended by people who actually […]
The Dangers of Shopping in Venezuela
They all had their hands on their guns. There were four of them blocking the door. There was a crowd of people looking on. Then some other men wheeled out […]
Teaching Wanderlust 